Monument Mountain
Monument Mountain may refer to several summits in the United States, including: *Monument Mountain (Berkshire County, Massachusetts) ** Monument Mountain (reservation), an open space preserve *Monument Mountain, an underground mountain located in Wyandotte Caves of Indiana See also * Monument Peak (other) *Monument Nunataks The Monument Nunataks () are a group of nunataks in Antarctica that have numerous pinnacles and odd-shaped projections resembling monuments, situated at the northern extremity of the Mesa Range, north of Sculpture Mountain in the upper part of Re ...

Monument Mountain (Berkshire County, Massachusetts)
Monument Mountain is a long quartzite ridgeline located in Great Barrington and Stockbridge, Massachusetts in the Berkshires geology. Beside the high point, , the mountain has several distinct features, most notably the open, knife-edge ''Peeskawso Peak,'' located on the southeast side of the mountain within the Monument Mountain reservation managed by The Trustees of Reservations. The mountain receives over 20,000 visitors per year. ''Devil's Pulpit,'' part of Peeskawso Peak, is a free-standing pillar of stone. ''Flag Rock'', located on the southwest side of the mountain, is an open ledge overlooking the village of Housatonic. The only official trails on the mountain ascend Peeskawso Peak from a parking lot on Massachusetts Route 7 north of Great Barrington center. There is no fee for members of The Trustees and a parking fee of $5 for non-members. An unnamed waterfall is located to the northeast of Peeskawso Peak along the Hickey Trail. Views from Peeskawso Peak includ ...
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Monument Mountain (reservation)
Monument Mountain is the name of a popular open space reservation located in Great Barrington, Massachusetts on the southeast side of Monument Mountain. The reservation is centered on the subordinate summit of ''Peeskawso Peak.'' It is managed by The Trustees of Reservations, a non-profit conservation organization and is notable for its expansive views of the Housatonic River Valley, The Berkshires, the Taconic Mountains, and the Catskill Mountains of New York from the knife-edge summit of Peeskawso Peak. Monument Mountain, composed of erosion resistant quartzite, is of The Berkshires geology. The reservation receives more than 20,000 visitors a year. The mountain was logged for charcoal to fuel a furnace in Vandusenville at the corner of Division St and Rt 41 in Great Barrington , not the for-mentioned furnaces of Falls Village etc Remnants of the furnace can be seen if one stands on the Rt41 bridge and looks upstream on the Williams River History Monument Mountain was a sacr ...
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Wyandotte Caves
The Wyandotte Caves is a pair of limestone caves located on the Ohio River in Harrison-Crawford State Forest in Crawford County, north-east of Leavenworth and from Corydon in southern Indiana which are a popular tourist attraction. Wyandotte Caves were designated a National Natural Landmark in 1972. They are now part of O'Bannon Woods State Park. The cave system is the 5th largest in the state of Indiana. The term "Wyandotte Caves" is used to refer to Wyandotte Cave (sometimes called the "Historic Cave") and Little Wyandotte Cave (also called Siberts Cave and sometimes called the "New Cave"), but the two caves are completely different. They are located very close to each other, and are owned and managed by the same entity. There the resemblance ends. Geological history and formations Wyandotte Caves began to form in the Pliocene Era, about 2 million years ago. Like most of Southern Indiana's caves, the caves were formed when water dissolved limestone, causing hollo ...
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Monument Peak (other)
Monument Peak may refer to: * Monument Peak (Riverside County), California in the Temescal Mountains * Monument Peak (San Bernardino County), California in the San Bernardino Mountains * Monument Peak (Mendocino County), California * Monument Peak (Milpitas, California) * Monument Peak (Idaho) * Monument Peak in Beaverhead County, Montana * Monument Peak in Sweet Grass County, Montana * Monument Peak in Washoe County, Montana * Monument Peak (Nevada) * Monument Peak (Utah) * Monument Peak (Washington) * Brian Head, Utah, a town previously named Monument Peak * Brian Head (mountain), a peak previously named Monument Peak See also * Monument Mountain Monument Mountain may refer to several summits in the United States, including: *Monument Mountain (Berkshire County, Massachusetts) ** Monument Mountain (reservation), an open space preserve *Monument Mountain, an underground mountain located in ...